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Tainá Rocha
Education
PhD. in Zoology
Emílio Goeldi Museum
PA, Brazil
2017 - 2013
- DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: Phylogeographic of disjunct bird between Amazon and Atlantic Forest
MSc. in Environmental biology
Federal University of Pará
PA, Brazil
2012 - 2010
- MASTER THESIS: Phylogeographic analysis of Xiphorhynchus guttatus from Amazon and Atlantic Forest
Degree in biological science
Federal University of Pará
PA, Brazil
2010 - 2006
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
Botanical Garden Research Institute
Supervisor: Marinez F Siqueira
RJ, Brazil
2021 - 2019
- Beta diversity in Caatinga dry tropical forest
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Caatinga_Dry_Forest.github.io - Beta diversity in Caatinga dry tropical forest
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Caatinga_Dry_Forest.github.io - Climatic niche analysis forSyzygiella rubricaulis(Bryophytes)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/S_rubricaulis_bryophytes - The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Bryophyte-Amazon-mountains - Ecological niche models with future projections for Dimorphandra wilsonii Rizzini (Fabaceae) presented to Green List in the three-year activity plan of the Brazilian Plant Red List Authority member of the Plant Conservation Commitee between 2017-2020 and the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/faveiro - Ferns and lycophytes diversity of Tijuca forest.
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Ferns-and-lycophytes
Researcher of Technological Development and Innovation
Ecoly departament
Supervisor: Mariana M Vale
UFRJ, Brazil
2019 - 2017
- Analyzed and visualized data for CATOS fish tracking project.
- Head of data mining project to establish temporal trends in population densities of Mysis diluviana (Mysis).
- Ran project to mathematically model the migration patterns of Mysis (honors thesis project.)
Industry Experience
I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from journalist to software engineer to data scientist. I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.
Teaching Experience
I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.
Instructor
Biology department
PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020 - 2020
- Served as TA for two day workshop on how to leverage Javascript in Shiny applications
- Lectured on using R2D3 package to build interactive visualizations.1
Instructor
Biology department
PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Served as TA for two day workshop on how to leverage Javascript in Shiny applications
- Lectured on using R2D3 package to build interactive visualizations.2
Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
Veiga de Almeida University
RJ, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Served as TA for two day workshop on how to leverage Javascript in Shiny applications
- Lectured on using R2D3 package to build interactive visualizations.3
Data Visualization Best Practices
DataCamp
RJ, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Designed from bottom up course to teach best practices for scientific visualizations.
- Uses R and ggplot2.
- In top 10% on platform by popularity.
Improving your visualization in Python
DataCamp
RJ, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Designed from bottom up course to teach advanced methods for enhancing visualization.
- Uses python, matplotlib, and seaborn.
Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
Veiga de Almeida University
RJ, Brazil
2018 - 2018
- Served as TA for two day workshop on how to leverage Javascript in Shiny applications
- Lectured on using R2D3 package to build interactive visualizations.4
Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
UFRA
PA, Brazil
2018 - 2018
- TA and lectured
- Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
- Highest level course offered in department
Guest lecture. Biological Sciences Undergraduate
Estácio de Sá University
RJ, Brazil
2017 - 2017
- TA and lectured
- Covered introduction to R language for statistics applications
- Graduate level class
Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
UFRA
PA, Brazil
2017 - 2017
- TA and lectured
- Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
- Highest level course offered in department
High school teacher
Dinâmica Natural
RJ, Brazil
2017 - 2015
- TA and lectured
- Covered modern statistical computing algorithms
- 4th year PhD level class
Selected Data Science Writing
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Building a software package in tandem with machine learning methods research can result in both more rigorous code and more rigorous research
ENAR 2020
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020
- Invited talk in Human Data Interaction section.
- How and why building an R package can benefit methodological research
Stochastic Block Modeling in R, Statistically rigorous clustering with rigorous code5
RStudio::conf 2020
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020
- Invited talk about new sbmR package6.
- Focus on how software development and methodological research can improve both benefit when done in tandem.
PheWAS-ME: A web-app for interactive exploration of multimorbidity patterns in PheWAS7
Bioinformatics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020
- Manuscript detailing application for the exploration of multimorbidity patterns in PheWAS analyses
- See landing page8 for more information.
Charge Reductions Associated with Shortening Time to Recovery in Septic Shock9
Chest
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Authored with Wesley H. Self, MD MPH; Dandan Liu, PhD; Stephan Russ, MD, MPH; Michael J. Ward, MD, PhD, MBA; Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, MPH; Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc; Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc.
Multimorbidity Explorer | A shiny app for exploring EHR and biobank data10
RStudio::conf 2019
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- Contributed Poster. Authored with Yaomin Xu.
Taking a network view of EHR and Biobank data to find explainable multivariate patterns11
Vanderbilt Biostatistics Seminar Series
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 - 2019
- University wide seminar series.
Patient-specific risk factors independently influence survival in Myelodysplastic Syndromes in an unbiased review of EHR records
Under-Review (copy available upon request.)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019
- Bayesian network analysis used to find novel subgroups of patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).
- Analysis done using method built for my dissertation.
Patient specific comorbidities impact overall survival in myelofibrosis
Under-Review (copy available upon request.)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019
- Bayesian network analysis used to find robust novel subgroups of patients with given genetic mutations.
- Analysis done using method built for my dissertation.
R timelineViz: Visualizing the distribution of study events in longitudinal studies
Under-Review (copy available upon request.)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 - 2018
- Authored with Alex Sunderman of the Vanderbilt Department of Epidemiology.
Continuous Classification using Deep Neural Networks12
Vanderbilt Biostatistics Qualification Exam
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 - 2017
- Review of methods for classifying continuous data streams using neural networks
- Successfully met qualifying examination standards
Asymmetric Linkage Disequilibrium: Tools for Dissecting Multiallelic LD
Journal of Human Immunology
RJ, Brazil
2015 - 2015
- Authored with Richard Single, Vanja Paunic, Mark Albrecht, and Martin Maiers.
An Agent Based Model of Mysis Migration13
International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference
RJ, Brazil
2015 - 2015
- Authored with Brian O’Malley, Sture Hansson, and Jason Stockwell.
Declines of Mysis diluviana in the Great Lakes
Journal of Great Lakes Research
RJ, Brazil
2015 - 2015
- Authored with Peter Euclide and Jason Stockwell.
Links
- http://nickstrayer.me/js4shiny_r2d3/slides
- http://nickstrayer.me/js4shiny_r2d3/slides
- http://nickstrayer.me/js4shiny_r2d3/slides
- http://nickstrayer.me/js4shiny_r2d3/slides
- http://nickstrayer.me/rstudioconf_sbm
- https://tbilab.github.io/sbmR/
- https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa870/5922817?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- https://prod.tbilab.org/phewas_me_info/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30419234
- http://nickstrayer.me/rstudioconf19_me-poster/
- http://nickstrayer.me/biostat_seminar/
- http://nickstrayer.me/qualifying_exam/
- https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-Agent-Based-Model-of-the-Diel-Vertical-Migration-Strayer-Stockwell/40493c78e8ecf22bd882d17ec99fd913ec4b9820
Disclaimer
This resume was made with the R packages pagedown and datadrivencv.
Code available on GitHub.
Last updated on 2021-07-14. The most recent version of this resume is available here.